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Entry 7 senses Webster, 1913

Stringer

/(strĭng"ẽr)/ · String·er · IPA /stɹɪŋɚ/
01 n. One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
  1. 1.
    One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
    “Be content to put your trust in honest stringers.” — Ascham.
  2. 2.
    A libertine; a wencher.[Obs.]
  3. 3.
    A longitudinal sleeper.(Railroad)
  4. 4.
    A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.(Shipbuilding)
  5. 5.
    A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like.(Carp.)
  6. 6.
    A reporter or correspondent who works for a news agency on a part-time basis, especially one covering local news for a newspaper published in a different area; -- called also string correspondent.(Newspapers) Also: string correspondent
  7. 7.
    a longitudinal supporting structure to reinforce the skin of an airplane fuselage.(Aviation)